March 23, 2025
TEXT:  I Timothy 1:18-20

I. A charge to keep (v. 18a)
A. This charge (Acts 5:28; 16:24; I Thessalonians 4:2; I Tim. 1:5, 12)
B. This commitment (I Tim. 1:11-16)
C. The prophecies
1. The truths of the Word of God (vv. 1-3)
2. The doctrines taught in God’s Word (II Tim. 3:16-17)
3. The declarations of God before to be proclaimed

II. A warfare to strategize (vv. 18b-19a; Luke 3:14; I Corinthians 9:7; II Tim. 2:4; James 4:1; I
Peter 2:11)
A. Holding strong faith (II Corinthians 10:3-6)
B. Having a good conscience (John 8:9; Acts 23:1; 24:16; Romans 2:15; 9:1; I
Corinthians 8:12; Hebrews 10:22; 13:18; I Peter 2:19; 3:16)

III. A warning to heed (vv. 19b-20)
A. Not putting away faith (Acts 7:27, 39; 13:46; Romans 11:1-2)
B. Not becoming a shipwreck concerning faith
C. Not becoming a blasphemer to faith